HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-year letterwinner at Vestavia Hills High School in Birmingham, Ala., under coach George Hatchett ... averaged 10 points and 10 rebounds in both his junior and senior years ... played in the North-South All-Star game in the summer of 2006 ... full name is Douglas Richard Merrell ... born on August 16, 1988, in Birmingham ... son of Gary and Pam Merrell ... majoring in accounting.